Identification of species and sources of Cryptosporidium oocysts in storm waters with a small-subunit rRNA-based diagnostic and genotyping tool

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 5492-5498

  Xiao, L ^a   Alderisio, K ^a   Limor, J ^a   Royer, M ^a   Lal, A A ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; STORM WATER;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; UNITED STATES; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW YORK; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS); WATER;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034466698     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.12.5492-5498.2000     Document Type: Article

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